How to convert FLAC to .mp3?

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davidos
davidos Posts: 481
edited January 2012 in Technical Stuff and Help
Any specific help would be appreciated! Thank you!
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    edited January 2012
    Here's what I use.

    Switch Sound File Converter
    http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html
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  • Raineman311
    Raineman311 Posts: 127
    I use

    http://www.foobar2000.org/

    either one will work
  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    I use a program called Switch Sound File Converter.
    Downloaded it off the Net.
    Just Google it I'm sure it will pop up.
    Oh and it's FREE :)
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  • davidos
    davidos Posts: 481
    Thank you!
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  • drummerboy_73
    drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    DewieCox wrote:
    Here's what I use.

    Switch Sound File Converter
    http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html

    Same here. Easy to use, simple, fast...
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  • susannj
    susannj Posts: 693
    I work on a MAC and find this one really easy to use:

    http://all2mp3.en.softonic.com/mac
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  • PK1115
    PK1115 Posts: 113
    1. Take flac file and toss it in the trash on your desktop.
    2. Then buy the vinyl
    3. Then rip to mp3
    4. Shoot yourself for foresaking music in the proper format.

    Lmao
  • drummerboy_73
    drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    PK1115 wrote:
    1. Take flac file and toss it in the trash on your desktop.
    2. Then buy the vinyl
    3. Then rip to mp3
    4. Shoot yourself for foresaking music in the proper format.

    Lmao

    That's a good idea, seeing as how any music that anyone would ever want is readily available on vinyl... :roll:
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  • JV130312
    JV130312 STATE OF LOVE & TRUST Posts: 2,519
    http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html

    THe best! :lol:
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  • jmk
    jmk Posts: 425
    I have a Mac and I use MAX.
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  • whgarrett
    whgarrett Posts: 574
    Well, I have a Mac and I play my flac files via Fluke on itunes. Fluke does something so itunes reads as a quicktime file. Then once in itunes I just convert to 320kbps mp3 with itunes software. ( Advanced>create MP3 version.)
  • mrk2
    mrk2 Finland Posts: 2,091
    XLD works great on Mac http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23430/ ... ss-decoder
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  • jmk
    jmk Posts: 425
    whgarrett wrote:
    Well, I have a Mac and I play my flac files via Fluke on itunes. Fluke does something so itunes reads as a quicktime file. Then once in itunes I just convert to 320kbps mp3 with itunes software. ( Advanced>create MP3 version.)

    I also tried that but the bad thing is that the artwork won't be shown. That's why it's better to convert them to flac with Max.
    Stockholm - 07/07/2012
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,146
    I still like converting Flacs to Mp3's the old school way.

    I use FLAC frontend (http://sourceforge.net/projects/flac/fi ... e/download) to extract the .wav files from the .flac files. Then using mkv Audio Compression Tool ( http://etree.org/mkw.html ) I convert the .wav file to 320kbps .mp3 files.

    :)
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    demetrios wrote:
    I still like converting Flacs to Mp3's the old school way.

    I use FLAC frontend (http://sourceforge.net/projects/flac/fi ... e/download) to extract the .wav files from the .flac files. Then using mkv Audio Compression Tool ( http://etree.org/mkw.html ) I convert the .wav file to 320kbps .mp3 files.

    :)

    I used to use flac. Frontend til it just wouldn't convert certain files for no good reason. It would run through like it did them all, but when I went to add them to itunes they wouldn't be there. It wouldn't even do them inidividually either. Almost always convert to wav, burned those to cd's then to mp3 in itunes.
  • bazzer
    bazzer Posts: 3,126
    I use LAME. rarewares distributes a version that uses libsndfile, meaning it can go straight from FLAC to mp3.
  • LeatherMosquitoMan
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    db poweramp is the shit.
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  • bazzer
    bazzer Posts: 3,126
    LeatherMosquitoMan wrote:
    db poweramp is the shit.
    Pretty sure dbpoweramp uses lame anyway, so may as well go straight to the source... :)
  • CC252
    CC252 Posts: 61
    Use Burrrn to burn your FLAC's directly to CD. Then rip the CD to 320kb MP3, using your program of choice, for use on iPod / MP3 Player.

    Just done this with Calgary 9-21-11. Sounds awesome.
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